Term Dates

Key Dates: 2025/26

Key Date Event
Tuesday, 2nd September
Start of Term for Year 12
Wednesday, 3rd September
Start of Term for Year 13
Wednesday, 10th September
Year 12 Parent Partnership Evening
Thursday, 11th September
Year 13 Parent Partnership Evening
Monday, 15th September
Year 12 Individual Photos
Tuesday, 16th and Wednesday, 17th September
Year 13 Interviews 1
Tuesday, 7th October
Year 13 and SFLT Group Photos
Wednesday, 15th October
Oxbridge, Medical & Vet applications close
10th to 20th November
Year 13 Mock Exams 1 and Year 12 BTEC Mocks
Thursday, 6th November
Sixth Form Open Evening
tbc
BTEC Exams
21st November
Year 11 into 12 Day. Reading Day for Years 12 and 13
24th and 26th November
Year 13 Medical / OxBridge Mock Interviews
2nd to 5th December
Year 13 Mock Interviews
Friday, 5th December
Sixth Form Winter Ball
9th to 11th December
Year 13 Art & Photography Mock Exams 1
6th to 14th January 2026
Year 12 Mock Exams
6th and 7th January
Year 11 Interviews 2 (for all Year 11s, also linked to SF applications)
Thursday, 8th January
Year 13 PPCE
Thursday, 29th January
Year 12 Celebration Assembly for GCSE Certificates
2nd to 12th February
Year 13 Mock Exams 2
tbc February
St John’s College, Oxford Trip (some Year 12s)
Thursday, 26th February
Year 12 PPCE
tbc March
Year 13 Student Finance Talk Evening
Tuesday, 17th and Wednesday, 18th March
Year 13 Interviews 2
Thursday, 16th April
Year 12 UCAS Discovery Day, Brighton
21st to 23rd April
Art and Photography Exams (actual for Year 13 and Mock for Year 12)
Friday, 1st May
EPQ Final Submission Deadline
tbc May
A Levels / BTECs begin
tbc May
Year 13 Leavers’ Assembly and BBQ
tbc May
Year 13 Study Leave begins
8th to 19th June
Year 12 Summer Exams
22nd to 26th June
Year 12 Work Experience Week
22nd to 25th June
Year 11 and Non-SPH applicants SF Induction Week
tbc June
Year 13 Prom
8th July
Year 12 University Campus Trip
tbc July
Year 12 Alumni afternoon
9th July
Year 12 Next Steps Day and Evening for Parents / Carers
Thursday, 13th August
A Level Results Day
Thursday, 20th August
GCSE Results Day

Term Dates: 2025/2026

Autumn Term 2025

Tuesday, 2nd
September 2025

Starts (Year 12 only)
Starts (All other years)

Wednesday, 3rd
September 2025

Finishes

Friday, 19th
December 2025
(Early Close at 12:40)

HALF TERM

Monday, 27th
October 2025

to

Friday, 31st
October 2025

STAFF INSET DAY

Friday, 26th
September 2025

SCHOOL CLOSED

Friday, 28th
November 2025

STAFF INSET DAY

Monday, 1st
December 2025

Spring Term 2026

Starts

Monday, 5th
January 2026

Finishes

Friday, 27th March 2026
(Close at 15:05)

HALF TERM

Monday, 16th
February 2026

to

Friday, 20th
February 2026

STAFF INSET DAY

Wednesday, 11th
March 2026

EASTER HOLIDAY

Monday, 30th
March 2026

to

Friday, 10th
April 2026

Summer Term 2026

Starts

Monday, 13th
April 2026

Finishes

Friday, 17th
July 2026
(Early Close at 12:40)

HALF TERM

Monday, 25th
May 2026

to

Friday, 29th
May 2026

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday, 4th
May 2026

STAFF INSET DAY

Friday, 26th
June 2026

BOSCO INSET DAY

Monday, 29th
June 2026